Node-gyp: Cannot install module due to encoding issues(?)

[TorlanDelta]

• Node Version: node v.8.11.3, npm v.6.2.0
• Platform: Windows 8.1 Professional
• Compiler: VS Community 2017 with all nessesary packages.
• Module: tried to build ref-napi, whatever that is. It's a dependency.
  
  Verbose output (from npm or node-gyp):

C:\Users\Георгий\node_modules\ref-napi\ref-napi>node-gyp --python C:\Users\Георг
ий\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe configure
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
gyp info spawn C:\Users\Георгий\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe
gyp info spawn args [ 'C:\\Users\\Георгий\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\
node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs',
gyp info spawn args   '-G',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs_version=2015',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Георгий\\node_modules\\ref-napi\\ref-napi\\bui
ld\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Георгий\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\
node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Георгий\\.node-gyp\\8.11.3\\include\\node\\com
mon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\Users\\Георгий\\.node-gyp\\8.11.3',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\Георгий\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\
\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\Users\\Георгий\\.node-gyp\\8.11.3\\<(
target_arch)\\node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\Users\\Георгий\\node_modules\\ref-n
api\\ref-napi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Георгий\\node_modules\\ref-napi\\ref-napi\\bui
ld',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
gyp: C:\Users\╨У╨╡╨╛╤А╨│╨╕╨╣\node_modules\node-addon-api\src\node_api.gyp not fo
und (cwd: C:\Users\├хюЁушщ\node_modules\ref-napi\ref-napi) while loading depende
ncies of binding.gyp while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\Георгий\AppData\Roaming\np
m\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:345:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_proces
s.js:198:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\Георгий\\AppD
ata\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "--python" "C:\\Use
rs\\Георгий\\.windows-build-tools\\python27\\python.exe" "configure"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Георгий\node_modules\ref-napi\ref-napi
gyp ERR! node -v v8.11.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.7.0
gyp ERR! not ok

Looks like there's an encoding problem with cyrillic folder names? Sadly I cannot at the moment rename user folder due to most of my apps will stop functioning after that.

Problem seems to occur only with GYP since most of my previous experiments with nodeJS and what not were going smoothly, and this one requires me always passing python location to it, even though I've set PYTHON env. var.

Any ideas how to instal ref-napi? Using npm install doesnt work too, that's why I manually cloned git repo and tried configure.

[joaocgreis]

This is an issue with Python 2: https://bugs.python.org/issue2128, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/846850. I don't know if we can/should work around this in the gyp side.

@TorlanDelta I have two suggestions for working around this, they seemed to work for my test case but I don't know if they'll work well or create other issues. 1) Try to compile or npm install out of that folder, and then move it there. 2) use dir /X to see the short name for that folder, then cd into the folder using the sort name and use npm that way.

[TorlanDelta]

@joaocgreis Thank you a lot, using short name worked like a charm (through standard windows powershell only though, powershell tool for Atom didn't work like that, weird)

Proceeded to compile everything with no problem whatsoever.

Sorry that I blamed this wonderful package for this, I will keep in mind that this is python speaking :D

Cheers!